<para>Frequency suggestion: every 1-4 hours</para>
+ <para>Description:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A script that should be run periodically if your library
+ system allows borrowers to place on-shelf holds. This script
+ decides which library should be responsible for fulfilling a
+ given hold request. </para>
+
+ <para>It's behavior is controlled by the system preferences
+ <link linkend="holdqueueweight">StaticHoldsQueueWeight</link>
+ and <link
+ linkend="holdqueueweight">RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight</link>.</para>
+
+ <para>If you do not want all of your libraries to participate in
+ the on-shelf holds fulfillment process, you should list the the
+ libraries that *do* participate in the process here by inputting
+ all the participating library's branchcodes, separated by commas
+ ( e.g. "MPL,CPL,SPL,BML" etc. ).</para>
+
+ <para>By default, the holds queue will be generated such that
+ the system will first attempt to hold fulfillment using items
+ already at the pickup library if possible. If there are no items
+ available at the pickup library to fill a hold,
+ build_holds_queue.pl will then use the list of libraries defined
+ in StaticHoldsQueueWeight. If RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight is
+ disabled ( which it is by default ), the script will assign
+ fulfillment requests in the order the branches are placed in the
+ StaticHoldsQueueWeight system preference.</para>
+
+ <para>For example, if your system has three libraries, of
+ varying sizes ( small, medium and large ) and you want the
+ burden of holds fulfillment to be on larger libraries before
+ smaller libraries, you would want StaticHoldsQueueWeight to look
+ something like "LRG,MED,SML".</para>
+
+ <para>If you want the burden of holds fulfillment to be spread
+ out equally throughout your library system, simply enable
+ RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight. When this system preference is
+ enabled, the order in which libraries will be requested to
+ fulfill an on-shelf hold will be randomized each time the list
+ is regenerated.</para>
+
+ <para>Leaving StaticHoldsQueueWeight empty is contraindicated at
+ this time. Doing so will cause the build_holds_queue script to
+ ignore RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight, causing the script to request
+ hold fulfillment not randomly, but by alphabetical order.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
<section id="buildholdscronperl">
<title>Perl Documentation</title>